Can Hormones Cause Weight Gain?

Can Hormones Cause Weight Gain?

Can hormones cause weight gain? Yes, if they’re out of balance. Hormones are essential to life. But when they’re out of balance, your metabolism is affected. And that means you can gain weight. First, Unopposed estrogen can cause water weight. Especially if you’re...
Hypothalamus + Hormones

Hypothalamus + Hormones

Maybe you’ve wondered: exactly what hormones your hypothalamus produces? I’ve talked before about all nine of the hormones, plus the neurotransmitters that your hypothalamus produces. The majority of those hormones cannot be measured. They’re not in the...
Are your Hormones in Harmony?

Are your Hormones in Harmony?

If you’re not sure that your hormones are in harmony, or you have a feeling that they’re not, I’d like to introduce my book, Hormones in Harmony. An international bestseller in four health categories. Hormones in Harmony explains the importance of your...
Hormones of the Hypothalamus

Hormones of the Hypothalamus

If you’re familiar with my work at all, you know that I talk about the hypothalamus a lot. And that’s because it is so important in keeping your hormones in harmony. Your hypothalamus is the master of regulating all of the hormones that your body produces....
Why is Insomnia So Common in Menopause?

Why is Insomnia So Common in Menopause?

Most women know that once they go through menopause that their sleep habits may change. Insomnia is an incredibly common symptom in menopause. As you’re going through the change of life, problems sleeping can start in perimenopause and extend all the way through...
How to thrive in 2020

How to thrive in 2020

As an Intuitive Integrative Nurse Practitioner, I do more than help my patients get their hormones in balance. When you’re hormones are out of whack, your whole life is out of whack. You can’t think straight. You’re moody. Your body aches. You can’t sleep. You’re...